The Winfield-Mt. Union track teams participated in a coed meet on Thursday traveling to Danville.
The boys placed third out of five teams with 86 points while Wapello won it all with 173. Dane Sweezer was the lone champ by placing first in the 110m hurdles with a time of 17.13 seconds. Brody Barton was second in the 1600m (5:05), Cam Buffington second in long jump (19’5’’), 4x800m relay second (9:46), Noah Sparrow third in 1600m (5:20), and Talon Newton third in high jump (5’10’’).
The WMU girls finished fourth with 76 points and Danville won their own meet with 197. Keetyn Townsley bested the whole field in the 100m hurdles with a time of 18.11 seconds and Jobey Malone’s heave of 35’9’’ in the shot put also ranked first. Other notable performances included Bradie Buffington second in shot (33’7.75’’), 4x100m relay second (55.58), and Malone second in the discus (97’10’’).
With a league title and an undefeated regular season on the resume, you know plenty of postseason accolades will follow and that was the case for the Winfield-Mt. Union girls’ basketball team with six players named to all conference teams.
The North Division of the Southeast Iowa Super Conference had nine first team players and four of them were Wolves including Bradie Buffington, Farrah Nelson, Kyndal Townsley, and Jobey Malone. Sharing the rock was no problem for WMU with seven players recording at least five points a game, but no one averaged double figures. Buffington led the group with 8.6 points a night, hauled in 4.8 rebounds, and her 1.5 blocks a game ranked third in the division. Nelson brought in a team best 7.6 boards and chipped in with 8.5 points. Townsley averaged 7.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, and dished out 2.4 assists a contest while Malone added 6.4 points and 4.6 boards.
It’s a highly anticipated playoff matchup tonight in Winfield when the Lady Wolves of Winfield-Mt. Union entertain the Burlington Notre Dame Nikes in the regional semifinal round of the class 1A tournament. WMU comes into the contest with a perfect record of 18-0 after a 55-31 win over Calamus-Wheatland in the quarterfinals. The Superconference North Champion Wolves were led by 14 points from Bradie Buffington. WMU is ranked No. 9 in the final class 1A poll from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. On the season they are led by Buffington’s nine points per game. Farrah Nelson has a team best eight boards per contest. Kyndal Townsley leads the Wolves with three assists and two steals per night.
The Southeast Iowa Superconference Shoot Out is here for area girls teams. The annual event happens at the end of the conference season for both boys and girls squads where teams are paired together based on their finish in the north and south division standings for one contest.
The defacto championship game features the winners of the south division West Burlington and north division champions Winfield-Mt. Union. The Lady Wolves come into the game unbeaten on the year at 16-0 and a perfect 10-0 in the SEISC. The Wolves are ranked No. 9 in the latest poll from the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. In their last game they got by Louisa-Muscatine 44-43 with Farrah Nelson’s 11 point 10 rebound double double. On the season, WMU is led by Bradie Buffington at nine points per game, Nelson’s seven boards per contest, and Kyndal Townsley’s three assists and two steals per night. West Burlington is 17-1 overall, 14-1 in the Superconference. They beat Cardinal on Tuesday 79-38. On